Slip-N-Slide
Records’ rap diva Trina, born Katrina Taylor, has officially cut ties with
her distributing label Atlantic Records, and is now searching for a new recording
home.Ted
Lucas, owner of Trina’s label Slip-N-Slide Records, said that Atlantic
was no longer able to assist the rapper in her upcoming endeavors.“We
decided to look for another label that will be able to promote Trina more effectively,
and turn her into an even larger selling artist,” Lucas told AllHipHop.com
and added that the "departure was amicable,” stating that Atlantic and Trina ended
their relationship on positive terms.Trina’s
most recent album The Glamorest Life dropped in Oct. 2005 and is approaching
gold certification. Her previous two albums Da Baddest B**ch (2000) and
Diamond Princess (2002) also went gold, selling a combined 1.2 million
copies.Trina’s
currently in the studio, rumored to be working on an album called Rock Starr
that will be released in 2007.“She
is in the recording studio now, and we hope that her fans will be patient until
her new material is ready,” Lucas said.Representatives
for Atlantic had no comment.